How to Use patriarch in a Sentence

patriarch

noun

• Our grandfather was the family's patriarch.
• The tribe's patriarch ruled for 20 years before his death.
• Of the 14 men who joined the group, many are the patriarchs of large families.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2023
• At a midnight Mass, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem asked people to look for the light.
  — Andrew jeong, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
• The Dolan family’s money came from the patriarch, Charles Dolan, who is now in his nineties.
  — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2023
• Le’s Fried Pho is made with the ingredients from the family patriarch’s pho, with some of the broth.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Later in the series, Jim Holt reveals the Duggar patriarch sent him a link to fund his campaign.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• At only 20 years of age, Patrick is already the patriarch of the family and a respected and heard voice with their tribe.
  — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 30 June 2023
• When the moment of gratitude arrives, and no one utters a word about their dear patriarch, the knives come out — and not just to carve turkey.
  — Shay Spence, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• The Chrisley patriarch was sentenced to 12 years and his wife received seven years.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• Just the promise of a singing and dancing Michael Shannon, who plays the family patriarch, should be enough to get buyers on board.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
• In recognition of that gift, she was named grand commander of the Holy Sepulcher by the patriarch of Jerusalem.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
• Where the film’s family grants the wealthy patriarch some degree of amnesty, the musical condemns.
  — Juan A. Ramírez, New York Times, 11 May 2023
• When the family patriarch becomes sick, the rest will stop at nothing to ensure their place in the company.
  — oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
• As one of the patriarchs of streetwear, Champion makes beloved basics that somehow get even better with age.
  — Men's Health, 22 Feb. 2023
• The patriarch, for the first time, wore a black-and-white kaffiyeh, a symbol of Palestinian nationalism, around his neck, atop his red robes.
  — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023
• The bench seats resemble church pews; a Shaker-style monolith of a fireplace broods against the far wall like a disgruntled patriarch.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
• The source says that Trump's family remains loyal to the patriarch as much as possible.
  — Linda Marx, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
• The patriarch who should be a loving, wise guide is actually a buffoon.
  — Vulture, 6 Dec. 2023
• Swift was also seen chatting with Kelce patriarch Ed during that game.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
• The result feels more like an even-handed look at the camaraderie, the conflict, and the common ground of dealing with abusive or absent patriarchs.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2023
• The intent, family members said then, was to help clear their patriarch’s name, though it was perceived as a fist in the face of the administration.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2023
• But the mysterious death of the family patriarch of the company casts her under the spotlight as the prime suspect.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
• The story follows the Lafayette family, who has returned to the Arkansas home of their late patriarch’s in the summer to handle his estate.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2023
• At times, the patriarch wasn’t inclined to relinquish control.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• This is an ecumenical Christian group that includes the Catholic Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.
  — William McGurn, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2023
• The relatives of a man who died after he was knocked on the head with a pistol in 2020 offered a measure of forgiveness to the family friend who killed the Portland patriarch.
  — oregonlive, 12 July 2023
• As Robinson notes, the story had to go this way because Jacob has a foreordained task in becoming one of the patriarchs of Israel.
  — James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• Much like Chambers is indelibly linked to funk and fusion, White tends to be pigeonhole as a fusion patriarch.
  — Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
• In the film’s very first scene, the patriarch humiliates a fieldworker in front of Karel, then sleeps with Siti in a manner that suggests an ongoing act of colonial rape.
  — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 May 2024